An Introduction to the Study of Certain Native Tribes of the Northern Territory

An Introduction to the Study of Certain Native Tribes of the Northern Territory
Author: Baldwin Spencer
Publisher:
Total Pages: 88
Release: 1912
Genre: Aboriginal Australians
ISBN:

Kinship classification, terms of relationship of Larrakya, Worgait, Port Essington, Melville Island, Djauan, Mungarai and Nullakun tribes; full account of initiation ceremonies (Larrakya, Worgait, Djauan, Mungarai, Nullakun, Melville Island, Port Essington); totemic systems (Melville Island, Port Essington, Larrakya, Worgait, Djauan, Mungarai, Mara, Nullakun, Yungman); sacred sticks and traditions associated with them; traditions associated with ancestral heroes; myths concerning Kunapippi (Mungarai), Sugar Bag man (Yungman), Snake man & Thunder man (Mungarai), Rainbow man (Nullakun); beliefs regarding origin of children and reincarnation; burial rites (Larrakya, Melville Island, Mungarai, Mara); mutilation of the body, camps, shelters etc.

Man or Mutation

Man or Mutation
Author: The Royal Family
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 73
Release: 2013-12-09
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1491823259

Man or Mutation is a book of teaching and Acuities. It includes the life story of the Author and the vast lessons learned about the two worlds we live in; both Spiritual and natural. This Author was moved and inspired to write it because she felt that the need for more spiritual awareness and insight for hurting people was urgent. It is this Authors belief that this book will bring healing and enlighten to its readers.

Teaching Aboriginal Studies

Teaching Aboriginal Studies
Author: Rhonda Craven
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 753
Release: 2020-07-23
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1000247627

Teaching Aboriginal Studies has been a practical guide for classroom teachers in primary and secondary schools, as well as student teachers, across Australia. Chapters on Aboriginal history and culture, stereotypes and racism, government policies and reconciliation provide essential knowledge for integrating Aboriginal history and culture, issues and perspectives across the curriculum. This second edition of Teaching Aboriginal Studies encompasses developments over the past decade in Aboriginal affairs, Aboriginal education and research. It features a wide range of valuable teaching sources including poetry, images, oral histories, media, and government reports. There are also strategies for teaching Aboriginal Studies in different contexts and the latest research findings. The text is lavishly illustrated with photographs, posters, paintings, prints, ads and cartoons. Teaching Aboriginal Studies is the product of consultation and collaboration across Australia. Remarkable educators and achievers, both Aboriginal and other Australians, tell what teachers need to know and do to help Aboriginal students reach their potential, educate all students about Aboriginal Australia and make this country all that we can be. 'The importance of this book cannot be overestimated. We have been insisting for years that pre-service teachers be required to learn about Aboriginal history, culture and identity, and that it be regarded as integral to qualifying for their education degrees.' Lionel Bamblett, General Manager, Victorian Aboriginal Education Association Inc.

Introducing Language Typology

Introducing Language Typology
Author: Edith A. Moravcsik
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 323
Release: 2013
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 0521193400

This textbook provides an introduction to language typology which assumes minimal prior knowledge of linguistics.

Narrative as Social Practice

Narrative as Social Practice
Author: Danièle M. Klapproth
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Total Pages: 472
Release: 2004
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 3110181363

This is a highly original comparative study of the oral storytelling traditions of two widely divergent cultures, Anglo-Western culture and Central Australian Aboriginal culture. Concerned with both theoretical and empirical issues, this book offers

Myths and Legends of the Australian Aborigines

Myths and Legends of the Australian Aborigines
Author: W. Ramsay Smith
Publisher: Ravenio Books
Total Pages: 377
Release: 2015-05-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN:

This classic resource is organized as follows: Chapter I: Origins The Customs and Traditions of Aboriginals The Story of the Creation The Coming of Mankind The Peewee’s Story The Eagle-hawk and the Crow The Birth of the Butterflies The Confusion of Tongues The Discovery and the Loss of the Secret of Fire The Moon The Wonderful Lizard The Lazy Goannas and what happened to them How the Selfish Goannas lost their Wives What some Aboriginal Carvings mean Chapter II: Animal Myths The Selfish Owl Why Frogs jump into the Water This is the legend of the frogs. Kinie Ger, the Native Cat The Porcupine and the Mountain Devil The Green Frog How the Tortoise got his Shell The Mischievous Crow and the Good he did Whowie The Flood and its Results How Spencer’s Gulf came into Existence Chapter III: Religion The Belief in a Great Spirit The Land of Perfection The Voice of the Great Spirit Witchcraft Chapter IV: Social Marriage Customs The Spirit of Help among the Aboriginals Ngia Ngiampe Hunting Fishing Sport Chapter V: Personal Myths Kirkin and Wyju The Love-story of the Two Sisters Cheeroonear The Keen Keeng Mr and Mrs Newal and their Dog Thardid Jimbo Palpinkalare Perindi and Harrimiah Bulpallungga Nurunderi's Wives Chirr-bookie, the Blue Crane Buthera and the Bat Yara-ma-yha-who The Origin of the Pleiades

A Thing Apart

A Thing Apart
Author: Andrew Parkin
Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2002-01-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781899293087

An incredible novel, detailing both a simple love story, and the impact of the arrival of the white man, on the Australian Aboriginals, told from the viewpoint of a native Australian, about to be married. ..."a powerful piece, written with passion and compassion. The reader can only be deeply touched...by the story, but the images it evokes, and by the impact they have on his/her perceptions of Aboriginal people and their lives....great writing. It is hard to imagine a fictional work which better imparts an understanding of the impact and implications of wiping out a race."

A Man Without Love

A Man Without Love
Author:
Publisher: Niven Dallas
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2011-02-05
Genre:
ISBN: 0994220952

All Bill wanted out of life was to be a normal bloke, and part of someone’s life... preferably a female’s life. On first glance, a reader might think this book is just another painful and sad love story, but that is not so. Bill was a walking live example of avoidable human disaster and bad luck... a sort of modern-day Medusa with an unforeseen hilarious side. The love part of this story was much more challenging, especially for all those helpful mates in the bush who had made a vow to help resolve Bill's biggest problem... finding a woman to love him. Then there are all the other interesting stories that just sort of happened around Bill... Remember, these are all true stories. Please do enjoy the reading as I did in writing them.

Nominal Classification in Aboriginal Australia

Nominal Classification in Aboriginal Australia
Author: Mark Harvey
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages: 307
Release: 1997-01-01
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9027230404

This volume aims to extend both the range of analyses and the database on nominal classification systems. Previous analyses of nominal classification systems have focussed on two areas: the semantics of the classification system and the role of the system in discourse. In many nominal classification systems, there appear to be a significant percentage of nominals with an arbitrary classification. There is a considerable body of literature aimed at elucidating the semantic bases of clasification in such systems, thereby reducing the degree of apparent arbitrariness. Contributors to this volume continue this line of enquiry, but also propose that arbitrariness in itself has a role from a wider socio-cultural perspective. Previous analyses of the discourse role of classification systems posit that they play a significant role in referential tracking. For the languages surveyed in this volume, contributors propose that reference instantiation is an equally significant function, and indeed that reference instantiation and tracking cannot be properly divided from one another. This volume provides detailed information on classification in a number of northern Australian languages, whose systems are otherwise poorly known.

The Speaking Land

The Speaking Land
Author: Ronald M. Berndt
Publisher: Inner Traditions / Bear & Co
Total Pages: 488
Release: 1994-09
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780892815180

This is the first anthology of Aboriginal myth, collected by anthropologists Ronald and Catherine Berndt during fifty years of work among the Aboriginal peoples.